Lot 142
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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE BOWL, JUG AND FUNNEL
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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE BOWL, JUG AND FUNNEL

ALL EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2700-1900 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE BOWL, JUG AND FUNNEL
ALL EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2700-1900 B.C.
The bowl with tall, hollow stem base with moulded vertical rib at either side, four sets of rim-lugs, one of which is pierced below with two holes, minor repair and restoration, 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high; a jug with rounded base and squat neck, long cylindrical side spout with everted rim, diminutive pierced lug at base of neck, decorated with single zigzag bands, loop handle, 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high; and a funnel with ring handle, imitating a gourd original, with small lug on rim and incised zigzag band around body, 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.) high (3)
Exhibited
Item three: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 22, pl. 12e (item one), p. 54, pl. 57b (item two) and pp. 252-258, pl. 284b (item three).

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